Apparatus for facilitating to delineate the desired patterns of eyebrows

ABSTRACT

This invention relates to an apparatus for facilitating to pencil the desired patterns of the eyebrows with an eyebrow pencil, which comprises a pair of the eyebrow-shaped pieces symmetrically and detachably engaged with an elastic cord of a headband which is tied around a woman&#39;&#39;s head to snugly fit these pieces on both eyebrow portions of the forehead so that these pieces may be easily adjusted by means of moving a nipper of each piece.

United States Patent [72] Inventor Kimiko Hamada [56] References Cited1:0. 1 1-24, 2-ch0me I-Iibarigaoka, Tokyo, UNITED STATES PATENTS1,812,425 6/1931 Wosse 132/885 g i' 33 1969 2,628,626 2/1953 Teillaud132/885 [45] Patented Jan. 26, 1971 Primary Examiner-Louis G. ManceneAssistant Examiner-J. N. Eskovitz Attorney-Thomas B. Graham ABSTRACT:This invention relates to an apparatus for facilitating to pencil thedesired patterns of the eyebrows with an eyebrow pencil, which comprisesa pair of the eyebrowshaped pieces symmetrically and detachably engagedwith an elastic cord of a headband which is tied around a womans head tosnugly fit these pieces on both eyebrow portions of the forehead so thatthese pieces may be easily adjusted by means of moving a nipper of eachpiece.

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INVENTOR K/Ml/(O HAM/4014 ATTORNEY :PA-TENTEUIJANZSIQYI 3.557.805 sum 3or 3 INVENTOR lf/Ml/(O HAM/104 ATTORNEY APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING TODELINEATE THE DESIRED PATTERNS OF EYEBROWS The present invention relatesto an apparatus for facilitating to pencil the desired patterns of theeyebrows with an eyebrow pencil, and more particularly the apparatus forfacilitating to delineate the eyebrows with an eyebrow pencil slidablymoved along an upper and a lower bn'm of an eyebrow-shaped piecethereof.

It is difficult for a woman to pencil her eyebrows with an eyebrowpencil by herself, and it is most difficult to pencil her left eyebrowinto the desired pattern to be exactly symmetrical with that of theright eyebrow. There have been proposed several kinds of apparatus forpencilling the eyebrows and also the devices for facilitating to easilypencil the eyebrows. According to one of the ordinary apparatus, forinstance, two eyebrow-shaped slits are cut out through a long sheetwhich is held around a head of the woman by means of a headband securedto each end portion of the sheet, while the eyebrow pencil is slidablymoved along the brim of each slit to draw the desired outline of theeyebrow. The distance between these slits is not adjustable so that thedistance between the right and left patterns of the eyebrows thuspencilled may not be adjusted in accordance with the variation of thedistance between the right and left eyebrows of the user of suchapparatus. It is necessary, therefore, to prepare a plurality ofdifferent kinds of the apparatus each having a different distancebetween the right and left slits. The pattern of the slit of theordinary apparatus can not be changed in accordance with the pattern ofthe desired eyebrow, thus necessitating the production of a plurality ofdifferent kinds of the apparatus for pencilling the eyebrows.

Accordingly, it is necessary for the manufacturer to make a number ofthe eyebrow pencilling apparatus of every conceivable size and shape sothat the increase of the production cost is moderate, while the userneeds to prepare many apparatus each having the desired size and shapein addition to the one which is most suitable for the eyebrows of saiduser. The ordinary apparatus for facilitating to pencil the eyebrows islong so that it is inconvenient for portable use.

The principal object of the present invention, therefore, is to providean apparatus for facilitating to delineate the desired patterns of theeyebrows with an eyebrow pencil, which apparatus can be properly andsnugly fitted on or around the eyebrow portions of any distance of theuser by transversely shifiing the eyebrow-shaped pieces engaged with aheadband.

Another object of this-invention is to provide an apparatus comprising apair of the modern, excellent eyebrow-shaped pieces whereby the desiredpatterns of the right and left eyebrows can be symmetrically andcorrectly pencilled at either proper position.

Still another object of this invention is to provide an apparatuscomprising a headband consisting of a cloth ribbon and an elastic cordwhereby the eyebrow-shaped pieces can be held by said cord with asuitable pressure on or around the eyebrow portions so that said piecesneither slip down nor rotate by means of the elastic cord fitted in oneof the grooves, thus facilitating to easily pencil the right and lefteyebrows with symmetry.

Still another objectof this invention is to provide an ap- Still furtheranother object of this invention is to provide an apparatus comprising aheadband consisting of an elastic cord and a cloth ribbon band fittedonto the hair of the head so that the apparatus does not dishevel thehair, is convenient for portable use and also suitable for massproduction.

Still another peculiar significant object of this invention is toprovide an apparatus for facilitating to pencil the desired patterns ofthe eyebrows wherein the eyebrow-shaped pieces can be, if necessary,exchanged with the other desired pieces.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as r acre fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughoutQand in which:

FIG. I is a perspective view of the apparatus for facilitating to pencilthe eyebrows incorporating the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of ti e other eyebrow-shaped pieces of thisinvention;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the still other eyebrow-shaped pieces of thisinvention;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation of an eyebrow-shaped piece shown in FIG.1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the right eyebrow-shaped piece shown inFIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view from the front of the present apparatusshown in FIG. I, which is tied around the head of the woman;

FIG. 7 is a schematically shown front view of the eyebrowshaped piecesshown in FIG. 1, in which the upper brims of the pieces are fitted ontothe upper edge portions of the eyebrows;

paratus whereby a plurality of forms of the desired patterns of theeyebrows can be easily pencilled by means of a few kinds of theeyebrow-shaped pieces, that is, an upper arched brim thereof is madedifferent from a lower arched brim so as to pencil two eyebrows by saidpieces, and the right and left eyebrow-shaped pieces each having acompensating curved face along its back portion can be interchanged witheach other in order to pencil further twice as many patterns as theordinary one can pencil.

A further object of this invention is to provide an apparatus comprisingthe right and left eyebrow-shaped pieces both detachably engaged with anelastic cord, whereby a number of the desired ascending and descendingpatterns of the eyebrows can be properly pencilled by means of slidablyrotating said pieces at a nipper of each piece as its center.

FIG. 8 is a similar schematically shown front view of the eyebrow-shapedpieces of FIG. 1, in which the lower brims of both pieces are snuglyfitted onto the upper edge portions of the eyebrows;

FIG. 9 is a similar front view of FIG. 7, schematically shown, in whichboth eyebrow-shaped pieces are-interchanged with each other and theirupper brims are snugly fitted on the upper edge portions of botheyebrows;

FIG. 10 is a similar front view of FIG. 8, schematically shown, in whichboth eyebrow-shaped pieces are similarly interchanged with each otherand their lower brims are snugly fitted onto the upper edge portions ofthe eyebrows;

FIG. 11 is a rear view of each eyebrow-shaped piece shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view from the rear of each eyebrowshaped pieceshown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 13 is a section through the left piece shown in FIG. 1 tak e n online XII I-Xl ll of that figure.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings, reference numeral 1 hasbeen used to generally designate a left eyebrowshaped piece made of atransparent curved plastic correspondiiig'ib' the left eyebrow, whilereference numeral 1' designates a right eyebrow-shaped piece made of atransparently curved plastic, which is entirely symmetrical with thepiece 1. An end of a cloth ribbon 17 inserted through a metal fitting l6and also a catch 18 is secured to said fitting 16 to form a small ringor loop so that the length of said cloth ribbon 17 may be easilyadjusted by means of sliding said metal fitting 16 along said clothribbon 17. One end of an elastic cord 13 is secured to another end ofthe cloth ribbon 17, while a metallic element 14 is engaged with anotherend of said elastic cord 13, and an end portion of the element 14 isbent to form a hooked portion 15. The hook-shaped portion 15 is engagedwith the catch 18 to form a large loop or a headband by the cloth ribbon17 and the elastic cord 13.

The eyebrow-shaped pieces 1 and 1 are symmetrically engaged with theelastic cord 13 of the ribbon cloth 17 to canstitute the apparatus ofthis invention. As shown in FIG. 6, txc apparatus is tied around thehead of the woman to snugly lit the pieces I and 1 onto the eyebrowportions of the forehead so that the desired patterns of the eyebrowsmay be pencilled along these pieces.

In FIG. 1, an approximate two-thirds point of an upper arched brim 2from an inside end of the curved eyebrowshaped piece 1 is shaped to forman apex thereof, while the same point of a lower brim 3 as that of theupper arched brim 2 is made an apex of an obtuse angle of said lowerbrim 3. The arched brim 2 and the lower brim 3 of the eyebrow-shapedpiece 1 are respectively used as a ruler for pencilling an upper edgeline of the eyebrow. The upper edge lines of the beautiful and moderneyebrows can be pencilled with the eyebrow pencil which is slidablymoved along the upper and lower brims 2 and 3 of the eyebrow-shapedpiece 1. FIGS. 7 and 8 show schematically that the eyebrow-shaped pieces1 and 1 are snugly fitted on or above the real eyebrows respectively,wherein the eyebrow-shaped piece 1 is the transparent curved plasticcorresponding to the left eyebrow, so that the left eyebrow can beeasily pencilled by means of looking at the real eyebrow through thetransparent piece 1.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 13, a nipper 4 is projectingly providedat an approximate central portion of a surface of the piece 1, and asparticularly shown in FIG. 4, a rectangular opening 5 for the elasticcord 13 is made through a base portion of the nipper 4. Both transverseside faces of said rectangular opening 5 are gradually narrowed towardits central point to fonn X-shaped verges 30 and 31, said grooves 8, 9,10, 11 and 12 are transversely, radially provided on the surface of theeyebrow-shaped piece 1 in such a manner that these grooves may intersectwith each other at the central point of the opening 5, while a slit 6 iscut through the base portion of the nipper 4 from the side of the lowerbrim 3 into the rectangular opening 5 with the'same level as the piece 1so as to connect said slit 6 with the opening 5 so that the elastic cord13 may be freely inserted into said opening 5.

The elastic cord 13 is inserted through the slit 6 into the rectangularopening 5 of the piece 1 and is also inserted into one of the grooves 8,9, 10, 11 and 12 so that the elastic cord 13 and the X-shaped verges 30and 31 are made into contact with each other at the extreme narrowportion of said X- shaped verges 30 and 31, thus freely andslidabl'y'rotating said piece on the left eyebrow portion of theforehead.

The eyebrow-shaped piece 1 is slightly back curved into bothlongitudinal and transverse directions so that said piece 1 may besnugly made in contact with the real eyebrow portion ofthe forehead.

An approximate two-thirds point of an upper arched brim 2 from an insideend of the curved eyebrow-shaped piece 1' for the right eyebrow isshaped to form an apex thereof, while the same point of a lower brim 3as that of the upper brim 2 is made an apex of said lower brim 3 havinga blunt angle. The upper brim 2 and the lower brim 3' of theeyebrow-shaped piece 1' are respectively used as a ruler for pencillingan upper edge line of the eyebrow. The beautiful and modern eyebrows canbe symmetrically delineated with the eyebrow pencil which is slidablymoved along the upper and lower brims 2' and 3 of the eyebrow-shapedpiece 1.

In FIGS. 7 and 8, the eyebrow-shaped pieces 1 and 1' are snugly fittedon or above the eyebrows respectively, in which the eyebrow-shaped piece1 is a transparent curved plastic corresponding to the right eyebrow sothat the right eyebrow can be easily pencilled by means of looking atthe real eyebrow through the transparent piece 1. In FIGS. 1, 2', 3and5, a nipper 4 is projectingly provided at an approximate central portionof a surface of the piece 1', an opening 5' for the elastic cord 13 ismade through a base portion of the nipper 4.

Both transverse side faces of said rectangular opening 5 are graduallynarrowed toward its central point to form Xshaped verges 30' and 31',and grooves 8', 9, 10', 11 and 12 are transversely, radially provided onthe surface of the eyebrowshaped piece 1 in such a manner that thesegrooves may intersect with each other at a central point of theopening5', while a slit 6' is cut through the base portion of the nipper 4 fromthe lower brim 3 to the rectangular opening 5' with the same level asthe piece 1 so as to connect said slit 6' with'the opening 5' so thatthe elastic cord 13' may be freely inserted into said opening 5.

The elastic cord 13 is inserted through the slit 6' into the rectangularopening 5 of the piece 1' and is also inserted into one of the grooves8' 9', 10', 11 and 12' so that the elastic cord 13 and the X-shapedverges 30' and 31' are made into contact with each other at the extremenarrow portion of said X-shaped verges 30 and 31, thus freely andslidably rotating the piece 1' on the right eyebrow portion of theforehead.

The eyebrow-shaped piece 1 is slightly back curved into bothlongitudinal and transverse directions so that said piece 1' may besnugly made in contact with the real eyebrow portion of the forehead. I

As already explained, the left eyebrow-shaped piece land the righteyebrow-shaped piece 1 are symmetrically engaged with the elastic cord13, by which the pieces 1 and l are properly and snugly pressed onto thereal eyebrows by the elasticity of said cord 13 so that these pieces donot slip down even if the eyebrows are pencilled with the eyebrow pencilalong the upper brims 2 and 2 of these pieces respectively. In FIG. 1,the elastic cord 13'is inserted into the grooves 10' and 10 of thepieces 1 and 1 respectively so as not to rotate these pieces carelessly.The elastic cord 13 is straightly arranged in parallel with the left andright eyes so that the left and right eyebrows may be pencilled withsymmetry.

When the elastic cord 13 is inserted into the next grooves 9' and 9 ofthe pieces 1' and 1 respectively, the left piece 1 is slightly rotatedclockwise, while the right piece 1' is slightly rotated counterclockwiseso that the descending eyebrows each having a slight descending degreewith respect to that of the former eyebrow.

When the elastic cord 13 is inserted into the grooves 8' and 8 of thepieces 1' and 1 respectively, the descending eyebrows each having asharp descending degree with respect to that of the former eyebrow. Onthe other hand, the elastic cord 13 is inserted into the grooves 1 1',11 or 12', 12 of the pieces 1"and 1 respectively enables to pencil theascending eyebrows.

When the elastic cord 13 is slenderly extended, it can be easily takenoff the slits 6' and 6 of the base portions of the nippers 4' and 4 sothat the eyebrow-shaped pieces 1" and 1 can be substituted by the otherpieces having the other patterns. In FIGS. 2 and 3 are shown the otherembodiment of the eyebrow-shaped pieces to be substituted, wherein likenu-- merals refer to like parts of the pieces. The upper arched brims 2,2 and the lower brims 3, 3 of the eyebrow-shaped pieces 1' and 1 shownrespectively in FIGS. 2 and 3 are different from thoseshown in FIG. 1.The central portions of the haIf-egg=shaped upper brims 2' and 2 of thepieces 1 and 1 are the apexes thereof as shown in-FIG. 2, that is, theinner half portions of the upper brims 2 and 2 are sharply inclined,while the outer half portions thereof are slightly inclined, and thelower brims 3 and 3 of the pieces 1' and 1 are half-eggshaped to havethe gently sloping arched lines.

The upper brims 2 and 2 of the pieces I and 1 shown in FIG. 3 areisosceles triangled with the central portions as their apexes, and moreparticularly, the inner half portions ofthe upper brims 2 and 2 arenearly linear, while the outer half portions thereof are arched lines,and the lower brims 3' and 3 of the pieces 1 and l are half-egg-shapedto have the gently sloping lines.

The other patterns of the upper brims 2' and 2 and the lower brims 3and'3 of the pieces 1 and 1 are preferably adapted for the apparatris ofthis invention, while if necessary the grooves provided on the surfacesof the pieces are either increased or decreased. i

In FIG. 7, it is illustrated that the eyebrow-shaped pieces 1 and 1 arefitted above the eyebrows, along the upper brims 2 and 2 of which theeyebrows are pencilled with the eyebrow pencil, while it is illustratedin FIG. 8 that eyebrow-shaped pieces 1 and l are fitted onto the realeyebrows so that the upper lines of the eyebrows may be delineated withthe eyebrow pencil along the lower brims 3 and 3 of these pieces 1 and lrespectivelyi Accordingly, the eyebrow delineating or pencilling will begreatly facilitated by use of the apparatus of the present invention.

It is schematically shown in FIG. 9 that the eyebrow-shaped pieces 1'and 1 shown in FIG. 7 are interchanged with each other to arrange thepieces 1 and l and the upper lines of the eyebrows can be delineatedwith the eyebrow pencil moved along the upper brims 2 and 2' of thepieces 1 and 1. It is also schematically shown in FIG. 10 that theeyebrow-shaped pieces 1' and 1 shown in FIG. 8 are interchanged witheach other to arrange the pieces 1 and l' and the upper lines of theeyebrows can be delineated with the eyebrow pencil moved along the lowerbrims 3 and 3' of the pieces 1 and 1.

It should be understood that the curves of the right and left eyebrowportions of the forehead are symmetrically different from each other sothat the eyebrow-shaped piece made to fit on the left eyebrow portioncan not be fitted on the right eyebrow portion by itself. In order toovercome such difficulty, centrally projecting ridge lines 19 and 19'are made on the back faces of the pieces 1 and 1' respectively as shownin FIGS. 11 and 12, said ridge lines 19 and 19 being gradually curvedand arched toward both end portions of these pieces 1 and 1'. Asparticularly shown in FIG. 12, an upper curved compensating face 20 andthe lower curved compensating face 21 are divided by the centrallyprojecting line 19. An angle formed by the upper curved compensatingface 20 and the lower curved compensating face 21 are not appreciatedaround the central portion of the back face of the eyebrow-shaped piece1 and said central portion is gradually curved backward so that thepiece 1 may be snugly fitted onto the eyebrow portion of the forehead.The central line 19 is gradually projected at the one-fourth portionfrom each end portion toward said end portion of the piece 1 to form aridge respectively.

As shown in FIG. 13, a section on the line XIIIXIII of the eyebrowshapedpiece 1 is clearly illustrated, in which a section, each, of the uppercurved compensating face 20 and of the lower curved compensating face 21as well as the centrally projecting ridge line 19 are shown, i.e. theridge line 19 around the central portion on the back face is not great,and it is gradually protruded toward the both end portions of the piece1 to form the great ridge.

As already explained, the back face of the eyebrow-shaped piece 1' issymmetrically the same as that of the eyebrowshaped piece 1 so thatthese pieces 1 and 1 interchangeably fitted on either right or lefteyebrow portion of the forehead so that four desired patterns may bedelineated by a pair of the eyebrow-shaped pieces 1 and 1'.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown anddescribed, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalentsmay be resorted to. falling within the scope of the invention asclaimed.

I claim:

1. An apparatus for facilitating to delineate the desired patterns ofthe eyebrows which comprises a pair of the right and left transparentcurved eyebrow-shaped pieces which are symmetrically engaged on anelastic cord secured to a cloth ribbon of a headband, and eacheyebrow-shaped piece including on its surface several groovestransversely, radially extending from a central point thereof so thatthe elastic cord may be fitted into either groove, a nipper projectedlymade at a middle portion of the surface of each piece, a rectangularopening centrally, transversely made through the base portion of thenipper, both transverse side faces of said rectangular opening beinggradually narrowed toward its central point to form X- shaped verges, aslit cut from a lower brim through the base portion of the nipper to therectangular opening so as to freely insert the elastic cord into therectangular opening.

2 An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, in which a back face of eacheyebrow-shaped piece is gradually projected to form a centrally,transversely curved projecting line, by which an upper and a lowercompensating curved face are defined, an angle between these upper andlower compensating curved faces are almost flat around the centralportion of the eyebrow piece and curved to snugly fit the eyebrowportion and said centrally projecting line is gradually protruded at theonefourth portion from each end portion toward said end portion of theeyebrow-shaped piece to form a ridge so that these right and lefteyebrow-shaped pieces may be interchangeably fitted on the eyebrowportions of the forehead.

3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein an elastic cord of aheadband is freely inserted into either groove on the surface of theeyebrow-shaped piece so that said piece may be rotated either clockwiseor counterclockwise as a contact point of the X-shaped verge of the baseportion of the nipper and the elastic cord as their center.

4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein an upper brim and a lowerbrim of the transparent plastic eyebrowshaped piece are shaped to formarched lines so that two eyebrow patterns may be delineated by oneeyebrow-shaped piece.

1. An apparatus for facilitating to delineate the desired patterns ofthe eyebrows which comprises a pair of the right and left transparentcurved eyebrow-shaped pieces which are symmetrically engaged on anelastic cord secured to a cloth ribbon of a headband, and eacheyebrow-shaped piece including on its surface several groovestransversely, radially extending from a central point thereof so thatthe elastic cord may be fitted into either groove, a nipper projectedlymade at a middle portion of the surface of each piece, a rectangularopening centrally, transversely made through the base portion of thenipper, both transverse side faces of said rectangular opening beinggradually narrowed toward its central point to form X-shaped verges, aslit cut from a lower brim through the base portion of the nipper to therectangular opening so as to freely insert the elastic cord into therectangular opening.
 2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, in which aback face of each eyebrow-shaped piece is gradually projected to form acentrally, transversely curved projecting line, by which an upper and alower compensating curved faces are defined, an angle between theseupper and lower compensating curved faces are almost flat around thecentral portion of the eyebrow piece and curved to snugly fit theeyebrow portion and said centrally projecting line is graduallyprotruded at the one-fourth portion from each end portion toward saidend portion of the eyebrow-shaped piece to form a ridge so that theseright and left eyebrow-shaped pieces may be interchangeably fitted onthe eyebrow portions of the forehead.
 3. An apparatus as claimed inclaims 1, wherein an elastic cord of a headband is freely inserted intoeither groove on the surface of the eyebrow-shaped piece so that saidpiece may be rotated either clockwise or counterclockwise as a contactpoint of the X-shaped verge of the base portion of the nipper and theelastic cord as their center.
 4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1,wherein an upper brim and a lower brim of the transparent plasticeyebrow-shaped piece are shaped to form arched lines so that two eyebrowpatterns may be delineated by one eyebrow-shaped piece.